, you gotta help the latino kids. and so i five years ago formed a nonprofit to foster the development of young latino kid in the inner city environments. and so i started this organization to foster the development in sports because i'm a former athlete. i was a gym newscast living in the get -- a gymnast, living in the getos of new york city which i think probably saved my life, the sports. i go overseas to show them another world, here's an opportunity, look at me. i came from nothing and you can do it too in terms of your focus and you're clear about where you're going, you can be very successful and i contracted viral meningitis. >> which is all in the news now, so we know how dangerous it is. but you sit here today a survivor, also overcame a brain aneurysm. >> yes. >> to do this good work. i was going to list some of the awards but lynette has a page and a half of accolades as far as the good stuff that you've been doing, one of the most successful latino spreurs, you've heard from the washington business journ